Saturday, September 19, 2015

Hello friends! Welcome back to my blog! I am very excited to be sharing a very special celebration with all of you today! Mrs. Nicolau from Brinca into Bilingual is celebrating 1,000 followers. What a milestone!!!! To celebrate, she is having tons of amazing prizes to share with a few winners. Head on over to her blog and enter!!! Make sure to leave her a nice comment and enjoy :) To help her celebrate.... my entire store will be on SALE Saturday, Sept. 19th - Sunday, Sept. 20th!

GIVEAWAY
TIME!!!

ALL GIVEAWAYS WILL
RUN FROM SATURDAY 19TH (6AM CT) UNTIL TUESDAY 22ND (12AM CT)

Mrs. Nicolau is giving away TWO DIFFERENT items of your choice!
Here are your choices (click on the link to see the dimensions and more details):

Let's giveaway a gift card!! Enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win a $25 TPT Giftcard! Remember the more
entries you have, the more changes you have to win!!!

While we are throwing the house out the window, let's also celebrate with a $21.00 gift card from the AMAZING
Melonheadz!

Last, but definitely not least! I have many blog friends that have joined me to celebrate this amazing event! They
have all joined me to giveaway bundles by grades!!!

The first bundle is for our Bilingual teachers!

Next is the K-1 Bundle in English!

Last is our 2-3 Grades Bundle in English!

Are you excited enough?! We sure hope so! Stop by Mrs. Nicolau's blog to enter on all these great
prizes!!!

While you are there, drop a note to her. She LOVES hearing from her readers! :)

All of us have been thinking about good ways in which to treat our readers and followers. We thought hard, and I mean it! Really, really hard… and decided that we can treat you to our best ideas to work smarter rather than harder… at school and home! I know what it takes to be a great teacher, the stress, the time, the energy… I could go on and on! I also know that we crave time to ourselves and our families.

So, I hope you enjoy these ideas to work smarter and NOT harder..... Read all the way to the end for a FREEBIE and GIVEAWAY opportunity!!!
Something that saves me time, money, and helps keep my classroom organized are command hooks! You can practically use them anywhere, they are easy to use, and can help save your sanity :)
In this picture, I show how I use them to keep my computer center organized. Before, I used to have a bag full of headphones that were tangled, messy, etc. NOW, I have a pair at each computer, and my students are responsible for keeping them organized. This has definitely increased the headphones set's durability and eliminated a stack of broken headphones!

Of course teaching takes a whole lot of work and can be stressful trying to keep up with deadlines after deadlines, and more deadlines. Here are some tips to destress after a long work day.
*Pick up your favorite drink on your way home (Mine is a Starbucks tea)
*Turn on a favorite scent diffuser to relax you at home
*Enjoy some music
*Exercise - go for a jog, stretch, relax
*Watch your favorite TV show
*Cook or pick up your favorite meal
*Read a GREAT book (can be related to teaching or not up to you) I just received The Reading Strategies Book and can't wait to dive in :) Wooooo!

Imagine having word work activities ready for the entire year for your bilingual kiddos?!?! Check out my Word Work YEARLY BUNDLE which is discounted to save you money. This item is in SPANISH so feel free to forward my page to any colleague that you feel NEEDS this in their life!

Now, with September 11th fast approaching, I have a FREEBIE in both English and Spanish for you to enjoy! Click on each picture to get your FREE download!

Top all these great tips and ideas with these top-notch prizes!

A $100 gift card to Amazon

A $50 gift card to TpT

2 $25 gift cards to TpT

1 $10 gift card to TpT

Thank you for reading! And now don't be silly and get your hands all over this awesome giveaway!!